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Bob La Londe wrote:
Anybody here play with this kind of cutter? What kind of water pressures
does it take? How is the nozzle shaped internally? What kind of thickness
can you cut? What kind of volume of water does it move?



Typical units use about 40,000 to 50,000 PSI, and maybe half a
gallon/minute. The water is loaded with garnet grit to do the actual
cutting. I watched a demo of cutting 1/2" diameter holes through a 4"
block of Inconel, which was really quite impressive. It took maybe 2
minutes for each hole.

Jon